The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-07-22
\ STATEMENT

TO the Editor OF The Waco .Namiu.,
The Advance OF yesterday snys
The ants had n meeting Wodnos.
day evening with closed door. M
is the dark lauternism the AJv.nr,
has been talking about Finding tbsi
heir cause cannot stand in the broad
light OF day the liquor dealer. arn
holding secret midnight c1nclavrs
| ii"e the | uion leagurrs kukiuN amt
ether disrcputahle organization. iii
IN the Years gone by. That I, whn,
All TINS portentuous silence means. IL
means darklantcrnism. miduight plot,
and in the ond diahJlici.m and traud
let the prohibi ionist bog on the aIert
and uncarth the secret schemes of Tho
liquor man. Watch thc.. mi,lni,nt
meetings like you wOuIIArD.c.nl,,c
without rattlos,'
In another plNce in the \Ivuucn ot
the sam" issue II say-
"Ihi huk .uN drama was pInvpI tho
ni.ut before ;utWhich glublc official
SAID Dc. Caro-. was go ID d n
hypocrit,'
We the undersigned members Of
the . MoIkingmon's 'lruc Hue Cuh
N". j., in reply TO those ST. Iclc. iu the
Advance, STAGE that for lap trln.ar.
lion OF our private club business wa
deemcd.it advisable in ordcrtp cypc-
iii o business aud prevent Interim.
ton, to have II private meeting. II
ne Advance wishes 90 hnow our
private business. we make 10 public.
save providing the WAYS am mra14
OF gOirg 20 Forth Worth 900 the 10Th.
mo- other business was before the
club Alter this, which only con.
-unrd u few minutes, the door ofthc
court house were opened to the pub
lie, by motion made, and unanimous
y carried Ims the closed door.
dnrk-lautcruism, liquor dap 4rs. mid
night oonclaNcs, union esgucr. ku
h.uN and dsreputab'c organization
of which the Advance COMPLAINS
On the morning alter the meeting
the DAY was informed OF our pro
cccdlhgs in iu.l. and il took ul
umbrhgr, but WA. silent. Gut the
Advance, intending and coutriying
how TO bolster mp lis cause. di nom
cstiy and ialacly cries ,ku kluX ku
N!uA and charges u public official
with calling The Il v. Il. H.. Carroll a
Cd d-n nypocritc W deny the
utterance OF any such proximity in
our meeting, and brand II MS lie.
There was nothing said but what was
genteeI and proper, nd without at
tacklng the private character of DR.
Carroll or any one else
We would say TO the laboring me1
take warning. IT, rs ireencn, we are
to be slaudered D. ku kmX and a. u
disrepulablc organization by toul
and dirty sheet, the organ of prombi-
ton, whose editor never set M honest
or moral example, what have We TO
expect but tyranny and oppr, sion
from party with men of thi, slAuu
AT their head. Freedom of action of
speech aud liberty Of thought Is hoin.
denied Us. Let us down this intoler-
ance on August lth auG teach rc.pecr
for the opinion of oil men, intolerance
to none.
The abovs having boon submitted
and read ut meeting of our club AZ
the court house last evening, the same
was unanimously adopted a their
expression aud ordered to be pub
llshed in this morulrg's ENAMlNEk.
under The signatures OF its officers.
g. c. SMITH, Chairman.
l.. j. I'ARRENT Secretary
The following gentlemen also desire
that their names should be Appended
to the above card.
j. Il Curtis, Il l.. Ormau. John
J ohnson, Ar roaicr, j T.. Jouc-.
James McWood, W. West, i. f.. /
smith John ilcmmcrt, Joseph D..
Farrigap, You luuggdet. John
Thra- her, a. Il. Garter, G.. {. Smith /.
chairman, + j, Parent, secretary.